DIOMEDE’S SPEED TRIAL.
LYTTELTON TO WELLINGTON SPEED OF OVER 27 KNOTS ATTAINED. (Peb United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, March' 31. Leaving Lyttelton at 10 a.m. to-day H.M.S. Diomede carried out a speed trial, arriving at Wellington at 5.30 p.m., taking six hours 25 minutes in steaming 175 miles. At times the cruiser attained a speed of over 27 knots, but no attempt was made to use her maximum of 29 knots. Bad weather was encountered, the vessel meeting a heavy fog at noon, when speed was slowed for an hour till the conditions were clearer. During the latter half of the trial heavy seas, with wind of gale force, caused her to take large quantities of water aboard. The Diomede stood the test remarkably well,, demonstrating that she is a staunch craft. The Diomede will leave for Auckland on Monday to prepare -for her voyage to the Islands with the Governor-General (Lord Bledisloe).
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21918, 1 April 1933, Page 11
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152DIOMEDE’S SPEED TRIAL. Otago Daily Times, Issue 21918, 1 April 1933, Page 11
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